Education

Get your latest editions of Kidney International and Seminars in Nephrology

Get your latest editions of Kidney International and Seminars in Nephrology Make use of access to the ISN Academy to read the latest edition of Kidney International. Check out the latest from Seminars in Nephrology. Read the May 2017 Issue of Kidney International on ISN Academy. Our flagship journal informs the renal researcher and the...

ISN launches the ISN Academy

The ISN Academy has now arrived. Brand new, interactive and user-friendly, this e-learning portal and mobile app deliver the latest knowledge in nephrology - where and when you need it. Gain complete free access to 5,900 pieces of content across 20 topics, including an extensive mix of presentations, webinars, e-curriculums, guidelines, cases and articles. The plenary and session presentations,...

Call is now open for the ISN Clinical Research Program

The ISN Clinical Research Program (CRP) Committee promotes research and education programs in low-to-middle-income countries that involve local nephrologists, health workers and authorities. Applications are now open for this ISN Program, deadline is May 1st, 2017. The Committee funds small research projects to detect and manage non-communicable chronic diseases such as Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD),...

Join the ISN endorsed Infectious and Global Nephrology Course 2017 at a reduced rate

ISN Members can register, at a reduced rate, for the upcoming ISN endorsed Infectious and Global Nephrology Course 2017, taking place at the Royal Free Hospital in London on March 22 and 23, 2017. This two-day course will cover renal disease secondary to infectious agents and the management of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) and Chronic...

Students and experts delve into the case of acid base and electrolyte disorders

As a member of the ISN South Asia Regional Board and the organizing chairman of the symposium, I attended the ISN endorsed symposium on acid base and electrolyte disorders held at the Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences on January 21, 2017. We welcomed speakers from ISN including Dr Gopalakrishnan, Dr Fernando and Dr Parameshwaran who...

Watch ISN-KDIGO webinar Common Elements of Rare Diseases

Don’t miss this Thursday’s ISN-KDIGO webinar on ’Common Elements of Rare Diseases' with Julie Rich Ingelfinger. This online talk is part of a webinar series organized with KDIGO. It will take place at 10AM EST (New York) on Thursday December 15, 2016. The presentation sets out to understand challenges in diagnosing and treating rare diseases...

WCN2017: Long-term education for all

WCN 2017 is about sustainable and diverse nephrology teaching. Several courses offer continuous learning for nephrologists of all levels. Register for the early bird deadline before January 23, 2017. This time around, the WCN 2017 scientific program is complemented by novel Nephrology Biennial Review (NBR) courses given in English, Spanish and Portuguese, covering the most...

Apply for the University of British Columbia’s home dialysis clinical scholar training program

The Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia is seeking applications for the home dialysis clinical scholar training program: 2018-2019. This is a 12-month fellowship offered through a collaboration with the BCPRA and UBC Division of Nephrology. Deadline is April 20, 2017. While the practice of nephrology will always require...

ISN ANIO apprenticeships: hands-on training for India’s renal pathologists

As a young pathologist working at Madras Medical Mission Hospital in Chennai and  through her ties with ISN ANIO Programs, Priyanka Koshy got the opportunity to gain further training at the University of Vanderbilt. She explains how Prof. Georgi Abraham, head of Madras Medical Mission’s Institute of Kidney, Urology and Organ Transplantation, gave her the...

Apply for advanced training in nephrology at University of British Columbia

The Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia (UBC) is pleased to offer a position in the Advanced Training in Nephrology Clinical Fellowship Program. This Fellowship is a post-certification program and is open to those who have completed at least two years of nephrology in an accredited training program. A certificate from UBC Division of...